Marcus Aurelius Cleander Military person

Marcus Aurelius Cleander (died 190), commonly known as Cleander, was a Roman freedman who gained extraordinary power as chamberlain and favourite of the emperor Commodus, rising to command the Praetorian Guard and bringing the principal offices of the Roman state into disrepute by selling them to the highest bidder. His career is narrated by Dio Cassius, Herodian and the Historia Augusta.

Personal facts

Birth place
Phrygia
Date of deathJanuary 01, 0190
Place of death
Rome

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allegianceRoman Empire
military commandPraetorian Guard
service start0182
service end0190

Topical connections

Aemilius PapinianusMilitary person
Antoninus PiusMonarch
Apollinaris ClaudiusSaint

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External resources

  1. http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/73*.html
  2. http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Historia_Augusta/Commodus*.html
  3. http://www.livius.org/he-hg/herodian/hre112.html
  4. http://www.livius.org/he-hg/herodian/hre113.html